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Design - Apparel

Apparel Designer

Fashion & Apparel

Hardworking and reliable Women's Apparel Designer with strong ability in innovative thinking and trend
forecasting. Offering passion for marriage between closed loop production practices, SDG's and Design.
Highly organized, proactive and punctual with team-oriented mentality.

APPAREL DESIGNER

Designed across multiple categories for the Regional Flex program as well as managing designs for all SMU
programs.
Worked alongside the global design team, creating America's percentage of designs for the season.
Presented regional trend, motif direction, color palette and seasonal line to team members of all positions in all regions.
Was fully responsible for executing each step of the design process from concept, to CAD creations, followed by tech packs and submit comments, attended weekly fittings and attended studio photoshoots.
As a member of the sustainability committee, consistent briefing of action points to team members in order to achieve better Higg Index results.
Worked closely with Merchandisers to identify key learnings of past seasons, prior to brainstorming for a
new season.
Worked closely with the Product Development team to source sustainable fabrics and trims.
Practiced daily communication with Tech Design to ensure all expectations of quality and execution were
being met.
Worked closely with Sales Team to strengthen ideation for trend and newness. Worked closely with each
team member to ensure maximum output while fostering a consistent, timely workflow for all.
Built seasonal collections exclusive to Ecom channels.
Built injection packages for specialty accounts.
Built graphic driven packages for multiple accounts.
Traveled to on location photoshoots as stylist and representative of brand.

REGIONAL APPAREL DESIGNER

Was responsible for providing trend research, graphic direction, design, development, fit and full execution of regional tee program.
Managed and executed sketches, visual line plans, art matrices, tech packs and submit comments.

PRODUCT MANAGER

Assisted Senior Designers in creation of visual line plans, tech packs and PLM updates. Ownership of fabric
library.

ASSISTANT MENSWEAR DESIGNER

Was responsible for organizing samples, helped communicate design changes to product developers and assisted in updating packaging layouts in Illustrator.

ACCESSORIES COORDINATOR

From creation of buylog reports to updating techpacks, to product development communication to vendors,
to assisting at photoshoots, this internship catered to alleviating the workload of the Merchandise and Design team.


EDUCATION AND   FIDM - Los Angeles, CA
Associate of Arts

MERCHANDISE AND DESIGN INTERN

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Sarah Smith: Apparel Designer in Long Beach, CA

Sarah Smith

Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising